We’ve completely rebuilt the deep-space background to lean into the tactical, "command center" aesthetic. No more floating in an empty fishbowl. The vertical viewport now actually feels like a massive orbital theater.
Space Elevator Tethers: Earth is no longer just drifting. We’ve added massive, dark mechanical rails with pulsing cyan power cables anchoring the planet to the deep-space shipyards off-screen. It grounds the combat and gives the grid a massive sense of scale.
Directional Solar Winds: We replaced the random, drifting space fog with vertical, aurora-like nebulas that flow strictly down the Y-axis. Earth is now caught in a continuous cosmic river, making the vertical space feel like a high-speed wind tunnel.
Tactical Deep-Scan (Radar): The background now functions as a piece of diegetic UI. You will notice a faint topographic wireframe in deep space, illuminated by a heavy, slow radar sweep that washes over the sector every 20 seconds.
All new background elements (Tethers, Radar, Winds) are built using zero-allocation canvas composites (source-over and screen blending). You get a AAA-depth environment with zero impact on the physics engine's 144hz framerate.